Julie Alderman: Facebook addict likes this movie

Julie Alderman, a senior at Fayetteville-Manlius High School, wrote this movie review for The Post-Standard's Nov. 1 Voices page.

Julie Alderman

By Julie Alderman Contributing writer

Being a self-proclaimed Facebook addict, I knew from the moment I saw the trailer, I needed to see “The Social Network.” The film was surrounded by hype, even some involving Oscar buzz. All of this made me want to see the movie more and more.

“The Social Network” is about Mark Zuckerberg, the man who created Facebook. While he became the youngest billionaire in the world by making the word “friend” a verb, he lost many along the way, including his best friend who sued him over rights to the website’s earnings.

As a film, “The Social Network” took something very ordinary and familiar to most of its viewers, and made it exciting and new. As soon as I came home from the movie, my whole idea of Facebook changed. It no longer became a place to make friends, but rather something that caused Zuckerberg to lose a lot of his.

Jesse Eisenberg, who plays Zuckerberg, takes one of the most unlikeable characters and, through his charming performance, somehow makes him likeable.